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T mm SEMI-"W"BBKL1T ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1905. NUMBER 78. VOLUME XVII. A FOOT BALL TEAM BALLOTS IN THE RIVER FIX ATHENA HOMES fVS A M A O O I V M INnuu L. IT IS Remarkable Tact but one that' admits of ready explanation THAT EVEY MAN to whom we sell . a Buit of Stalsy Underwear Becomes Possessed of a desire lit tell bio friends. It is to ''I hi enthu siasm that we can trace many Bales every hcii son, and it is a fact that no man who conies to us because of a friend's recommendation leaves ' without making a selection from our stock of ZAtheoa, which 4ith the ''Yellow TALEY UNDERWEAR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ED! M AN ASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. EATERS and RANGES ' ' " All styles and sizes for ; all kinds of fuel ; , . COX & M'EIVEN . . SOUTH '.SIDE MAIN'- STREET. ATHENA. OREGON HUSKY LADS TO REPRESENT ATHENA ON GRIDIRON- ; Yellow Kid" Enthusiasm Came to the Surface Last Night When the - ,. team Was Organized. showed the!; way Kids" in baseball be represented on the football team, and be made of husky, history, is to gridiron with a the eleven is to nifty lads, too., I A meeting was held by the pro moters ot the sport last night iu Bruce Wallace's Pioneer drug store, and much of the old time - '.'Yellow Ed" enthusiasm came to the surface just enongh to put trimmings on the meeting and insnre the town of a fair- ly good football team. The gridiron is new to Athena, and though many are enthusiasts 'of the pigskin the masses., must necessarily be educated in . tbe fine points of the game. Athena as a rule is always there to be shown, how ever, and if the boys put up anything like a good exhibition of the sport, they are credited in advance with a tip-top attendance at their - games. The following warriors will don suits of mail and wear the spikes and colors the team: , ..; - George Myrick, . center; Arnold ood, right guard; Henry LaBrache, right tackle; W. B. Myer, right end; Dale Preston, left guard ; Clarence Lane, left tackle; A. B. Stone, quar terback; Lee Hiteman, full back.; RoyallSawtell, rieht half; Lawrence Lieuallen, left .half. , Tbe above line-up is subject to change, in the development of team work. Bruce Wallace will be man ager of the team, Albert Swaney coach and Lee Eiteman captain. : .:- i ' ; ;' ' : Horse was Disguised The custodians of the stolen race horse Freckman, which was entered as a ringer under tbe name of Cataract at the Jamaica, New York, track Monday, have received instructions from police headquarters iu San Fran cisco to hold the animal until his owner, R. H. Dunn, said to be in Montana now, can be heard from. The stewards of the Jamaica meeting, having exposed the attempted fraud, have referred the oase to the Jocky club for final action. Freckman, under washing and acid tieatment, has been cleaned -of the dye used on i him and his white feet and the white m uia race now uow piaiuiy. Hearst Forces Election Board To Ac- x:ept Boxes From the Police. ; New York, Nov. 9. The contest over tb,e mayoralty election inaugurat ed by W. R. Hearst developed inter esting and spectacular features today. For twelve hours tbe boxes containing the 600,000 ballots cast on Tuesday choked tbe streets in the vicinily of the headquarters of the board of elec tions. The boxes were gathered dur ing the night by the police and con veyed in patrol wagons to the election board's headquarters. There officials refused to reoeive the boxes and the police, acting under an order from the court, had nothing to do but remain outside and await tbe pleasure of the election officials. 1 - Apprised of the situation, Hearst's attorneys appeared : before Justice Dickey of tbe state supreme court and secured, an order compelling President Vorhies of the election board to receive the ballots. The order was served promptly and the ballots reoeipted for by the eleotion board. Under strong guards, patrol wagons containing the boxes were driven to various ware houses iu this city and Brooklyn and stored subject to orders of the eleotion board. State attorney General Mayer had an important conference with District Attorney Jerome, after which it was decided that tho district attor ney's office should remain open until midnight tonight Superintendent of eleotious Morgan appeared before May er and Jerome with six of his deputies and placed evidence before the pros ecuting attorney. A' statement was issued from Hearst's headquarters tonight, estim ating that upon examination it is be lieved the ballots will show more than 8,000 which he, declares should have . been counted for him. It is asserted tbat these ballots are marked with a cross beneath the municipal owner ship emblem aud in the oircle over Jerome's, name. Hearst says these bal lots should be recounted pending tbe judicial decision as to their validity. He asserts that if these bad been count ed he would be elected without a re-, count of tbe entire vote. .. Attorney General Mayer states that he has received information of the reoovery in North river, of certain ballot boxes used, in tho eieotiona Tues day. Mayer refused to discuss tbe matter further than to say it was al leged the boxes were picked up by a tug. A ballot box whioh Jbad been stolen aud was discovered tonight, was taken to Jerome's office aud close ? ly examined. , HEAVY FLOUR SHIPMENTS. Shoes Shoes i ELY & SCOTT Shoes Wanted-Every man and boy to examine our Shoes before buying elsewhere w ii mmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmimmmmmmmmm ELY & SCOTT Shoes I Mince Meat for Pies Well Yes, and Its lice and IresE 1 ., i Portland Make an Excellent llccord ' Till Season. ' ! The past four weeks have witnessed a remarkable movement in flour, the shipments from the Northwest iu that time exceeding by far all former rec ords for a similar period. During the four weeks beginning October 7,' flour exports from Portland and Pugei Sound reached a total of 647,333 bar rels, the weekly shipments being as follows: ' ll-''' : r ;- ' t- - Week ending October 14, 113,404 barrels; Week ending Oct. 21, 145,- 814 barrels; week ending Oct. 28, 131,397 barrels; Week endiug Nov. 4, 156,718 barrels. -? The bulk of these cargoes have gone to the orient where since the close of the war stocks are being replenished. Another cause for the heavy shipments at this time is the announced advance in freight rates. On January 1 the present rate of f 4 will be advanced to $4.50, and shippers, in an endeavor to save tbe 50 cents while they may, are utilizing every inoh of cargo space obtainable. For this reason shippers of flour will continue heavy until the end of the year, iu fact, tbe demand for space on the ; oriental steamers from Portlund and the Sound during November and December far exceeds the supply. ' y )-' - Within tbe next ten days three steamers, the Nicodomia, Abergeldie and Agiucourt, will leave Portland for Japan with "close to 100,000 bar rels of flour. The Nicodemia Will load 50,000 bar rels and the Abergeldie and Aginoourt approximately 25,000 barrels each in addition to their grain cargoes. : Pendleton Grants Franchise. The Pendleton city counol has granted a!gas franchise to the North western Gas & Electrio Co. There has been a strong effort made to keep the council from granting the franchise on conditions asked by the oompany, many citizens and business men op posing it By the terms iu granting the franchise the conditions contended for have been considerably changed., The rate for consumption of gas was fixed by the council, and the option is reserved for municipal purchase after 20 years. . - - Walden vs. Walden. Blanch E. Walden has commenced suit in tbe circuit court against Elmo Walden for a divorce. The wife prays for a divorce and the care and custody of the minor child, 2 years old.' Tb3 principals were married in Walla Walla October 81, 1901. The plain tiff is represented ' by ' Peterson & Peterson. . ' ' - ""' ; ' LAND FRAUD PUNISHMENT. The Maximum Allowed i Two Year . and a Fine or10,000. The indictment of a number of prominent citizens of Lowiston for complicity in laud frauds is being watched with iuterest by many people in Oregon ' who are personallly ac quainted with some of the indicted persona. .Naturally tne one question tbat is perhaps asked more than any other is relative to the penalty for the various offenses named in the in dictments. The federal statutes Bhow that " punishment for perjury and subornation of perjury are the same, being a flue of not more than $2,000 or not more than five years imprison ment The statute also provides tbat any person convicted of perjury can not after that testify in any court of the United States until tbe judgment is reversed. 11 Relative to indictments for oonspir- iug to defraud the United States gov ernmeut out of timber laud, section 5,440, as amended in 1879, of the United States statutes provides a penalty as follows; ' If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against tbe United States or to de fraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such parties to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for not more than two years, or to both fine and imririsoninent, in tbe dincre tion of the court." ' A Speedway- Charles Baddeley, the horseman. waft in town yesterday from his Pine creek ranch. It was stated some time ago that Mr. Baddeley contemplated ; making a race track on his ranch. He found that the venture would entail more expense than , he was able to stand, aud after changing tbe bed of Pine creek and doing other prelim inary work, he has - decided not . to abandon the the object altogether, but will have an admirable driveway. At bis place he will have 20 box stalls and will be in a position to break and handle colts for outside parties. ; Pats Ban on Toothpicks. A ban has been placed onjtootbpicka at the University of Chicago. This is the law as laid down by Miss Anna Yeomaus, director of ' tbe commons, the eating place: ; "Toothpicks are crude implements and the persons who use them are vulgar," she said. "Don't use them unless you have to ; but for mercy's sake, don't use them in public. All cultivated persons com plete their toileta in their rooms." CARFENTERS AND PAINTERS IN DEMAND HERE. Residences Being Improved, Additions Being Made and Remodeling and Fainting Is In Evidence. . With the fall mouths comes house cleaning time, aud hous cleaning necessarily calls for more or less im provement, remodelng aud alteratiou of the house. Just now iu Athena there is not a carpenter or painter who is unemploy ed, and most of them if not all, have work ahead that will take them well into the winter. At the present time, more than has been noticable for many seasons past, there is au inclina tion here to make homes, more con venient and attraotivo. The present year has not boeu marked to any great extent in the matter of building uew residences, but thoso who own homes seom to have noquired the idea of cloauiug up and beautifying. The wall paper aud carpet trade has been of far greater magnitude this soason than heretofore, conclusively proving tbat those homes needing fixing are being fixed. It is notable that many Atheua residences are freshly painted, and iu several iustanoes additions have been mado greatly eubancing in value aud ap pearanoe. WHEAT YIELD VERIFIED. Mercantile Company Quits Preliminary Figure of Washington Wheat Crop Have Been Computed. Preliminary figures of the wheat yield iu the state of Washington have been computed and although they are official they will be revised to a cor tain extent iu December, after a moro careful examination of the harvest has been made, suys tho Union. The latest reports show nothing to diminish the wheat crop of the state, as it was estimated several mouths ago to be between 82,000.000 aud 85,000, 000 bushels. The yield per acre in the state, as estimated, was 22.5 bushels, which is four bushels more to the aero than the estimated yield iu 1004. It is thought , that as tho estimated acreage of tho spring wheat is greater than last year's the 1005 crop will be at least two or three million bushels moro thau last year's crop. The officials of the department of agnoulture, who make a study of the conditions, are of tbe opiuion tbat the bumper crop of fall grain raised last year will be ex- ' ceeded, or at least equaled, this year after all tho reports are iu. In De cember the figures will .be revised, as the reports of this year's crops will then all bo iu, but not much change is looked for at that time. The wot weather in Whitman county that spoiled so much graiu a few weeks ago may bring the amount of graiu down a trifle, but as compared with the total amount raised iu tho state will not affect tho general average very much. Mayoralty Fight at Pendleton- Judge Fee, who took the candidacy for mayor of Pendleton with Mie un derstanding that he was to have no opposition, finds that he is to be in volved iu a fight for the oflice. Wil liam Moore, connected with the Pa cifio Coast Elevator Co,! in that city, has formally announced himself to be a oaudidate for mayor of Pendleton. Ho is said to be popular, aud indica tions are tbat a warm campaign will result ' Man's l'iireaoiiab!euei is often as greut as woman's. But Thos. S. Austin, Mgr. of the ".Re publican," of Leavenworth, Ind., was not unreasonable when he refused to allow the doctors to oporuto on his wife for female trouble. '.'Instead," he says, "we coucludod to try Electrio Bitters. My wife was theu so sick sbe could hardly leave her bed, aud 5 physicians had failed to relieve her. After taking Electric Bitters she was perfectly cured and can now perform all her household duties." Guaran teed by Wm. McBride, druKgist, price 50c. DELL BROTHERS CATEP.ERS TO THE PUBLIC IN , GOOD TIIING3 TO EAT Athena, Oregon. e After doing business in Athena for eight years, the Athena Mercantile Company will retire from the mercan tile line in this , city. By advertise ment tbe company announces that be ginning at 10 o'clock a. m., November 16th, the big stock of general mer chandise'will be closed out regard less of cost Tbe company began bus iness bere in 1898, the preseut officers being Malt, James' aud William Mos- grove. The Atheua Mercantile Co., conducted a large store at Helix, which a few days ago was burued. Matt Mosgrove, president of tbe com pany conducts a large mercantile es tablishment at Milton, independently of the company. During the sale bere the store will be open from 8 o clock a. m., until 6p. m., excepting Saturdays. After the goods have been disposed of tho company's business building will bo offered for salu. Officers Elected. At the meeting of the Athena Com mercial Association Tuosday evening the following officers were elected to serve for tbe period of one year: President, C. A. Barrett; vice-president, William Mosgrove; secretary, O. G. Chamberlain; treasurer, II. A... Barrett Board of managers, A. M. Gillis, A. B. McEweu, N. A. Miller, J. E. Froonie, K. M. Sawtoll. . i T For Sftle The desirable piece of real estate on Main street known as the Cardcn property is now offered for sale. For price, apply to Charles Norris, Ath eua, Oregon. tf